Issued in 15 livraisons

Tome 1 is the second edition

Each tome has half title

The text of t. 2 was written by Florent Prévost

Engravers include César Macret, Dequevauviller; and Guyard. Plates printed by P. Bineteau and Millevoy

"Typographie de Firmin Didot frères."

"A noted work, stolen from Temminck, the original author, by Madame Knip, the artist, who suppressed the titles and introductory matter and substituted others of her own"--Zimmer

The inclusive dates are from Coues (Bull. U.S. Geol. Geog. Surv. terr. 5 (1), p. 794-796, 1878), after Engelmann

The first tome is a reprint, with alterations, of the same work of 1809. The second tome, with text by Prévost, can stand as an entirely separate work

Temminck republished the text from t. 1 in his Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés, 1813-1815

C.L. Bonaparte's Iconographie des pigeons, non figurés par Mme. Knip (Paris, 1857-1858), can be considered a continuation or supplement to this work

There are gaps in the pagination for each tome, as issued. See Nissen and Zimmer for details

Errors in paging; the numbers 67-68 are both repeated once in the second tome

Plates printed in color, and finished with hand-coloring

citation/reference: Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher, 511

citation/reference: Anker, J. Bird books and bird art, 261

citation/reference: Zimmer, J. Ayer Lib., I, 357-358

citation/reference: Index animalium 4733

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Includes bibliographical references

Dickinson, Edward C. et al. "Histoire naturelle des pigeons or Les pigeons: Coenraad Jacob Temminck versus Pauline Knip." Archives of natural history, 37, pt. 2 (2010), p. 203-220

Nissen, C. Illustrierten Vogelbücher

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art

Zimmer, J. Ayer Lib

Index animalium

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SCNHRB copy (t. 1, 39088002075844; t. 2, 39088004390274) was formerly owned by [Alphonse?] Milne-Edwards. The name "Milne-Edwards" is stamped in gold at the foot of the spine, and there is a ms. pencil note on front free endpaper: Purchased Woodward & Lothrop from Milne-Edw. Col

SCNHRB copy has a blind-embossed stamp: Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no. (for both volumes): 169715. There are a few brief ms. pencil notes and markings in the margins

SCNHRB copy has a later brown quarter-leather binding with mottled paper boards, raised bands, gilt-tooled spine, and marbled endpapers. A handwritten note in French (instructions to the binder) is inserted on a slip of paper before the t.p

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